Eisenhower Urges Iron Curtain Nations to Join Day of Prayer
President Eisenhower appeals to Russians and other Iron Curtain peoples to join Americans in a worldwide Day of Prayer for peace. He urges faith as the cure for war and notes he will attend services at Lowry AFB while VOA broadcasts his plea.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Iron Curtain
United States
Congress
Lowry Air Force Base
America
United States of America
Free World
Eisenhower and Hall Hold Talks on GOP Campaign
President Eisenhower and Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall met in Denver to sharpen plans for keeping control of Congress. Hall arrived from Washington with aides as Eisenhower readied a westward speaking tour through Montana Washington Oregon and California highlighting the administration record and the 83rd Congress. Senatorial races in three states and House contests in all four were in focus as party leaders debated how aggressively to campaign.
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Denver
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Hall
Washington
White House
Far West
Montana
Oregon
California
Senate
House
James Bassett
Republican National Committee
Robert Humphrey
Val Washington
Maine
Wer
Wesley D’ewart
James M. Murray
Land Safely 15 Chaplains Parachute Before Plane Crash
Fifteen Civil Air Patrol chaplains parachuted from a disabled C46 before it crashed near the Los Angeles Rehabilitation Farm in Saugus. The crew also bailed out, with all safely away as the plane burned. injuries were minor among chaplains.
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Newhall
Calif
Lortis R. Ellett
Lawndale
Church of Christ
Air Force
Neville E. Carlson
Fillmore
Bertil von Norman
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Civil Air Patrol
Southern California
Burbank
CAP
Sacramento
Thomas E. Willson
North Highland
Earl W. Meredith Jr
Lloyd Plew
Globe, Ariz
McClelland Afb
Meredith
Plew
von Norman
Willson
Los Angeles
Saugus
Physician Wins Vote In Phenix City Plaudits Anti Racketeers
Dr Clyde M Knowles Jr won a city commission seat in Phenix City with nearly two to one over four opponents As National Guard troops guarded polling places Gov Gordon Persons ordered guards to prevent past ballot frauds Unofficial totals show Knowles at 2000 votes runner up Judge John Freeman 941 Harden 153 Corley 123 Marlowe 33 He succeeds A L Gullatt who left after 22 years as Mayor Elmer Reese Seth Floyd were not on ballot Knowles is chief of staff at Brevue Cobb Memorial Hospital.
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Phenix City
Ala
City Commission
Clyde M. Knowles Jr
Russell Betterment Assn
National Guard
Gordon Persons
Knowles
John Freeman
Russell County Inferior Court
Grover F. Harden
Tom Corley
W. H. Marlowe
A. L. Gullatt
Elmer Reese
Seth Floyd
Dr. Knowles
Brevue Cobb Memorial Hospita
Threats Close Milford Public Schools Over Segregation Fears
In Milford Delaware threats of violence if Black children attend the white high school led to the closure of Milford's two public schools. Superintendent Dr Raymond C Dobbs announced the shutdown for safety after police and teachers secured the building. The move follows a protest by antisegregationists and concerns about 11 Negro pupils. Separately in Dayton Ohio NAACP lawyers filed to block segregation in the Hillsboro system.
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Miford
Del
Raymond C. Dobbs
Milford
Board of Education
Dobbs
Delaware
Dayton
Ohio
Atty
Russell L. Carter
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
United States District Court
Hillsboro
86 Degrees Below Zero in Greenland
French scientists gathered weather data in Greenland's glacial interior as winter darkness dominated. Mercury plunged to 86 degrees below zero during the long cold season.
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Greenland
Mercury
Dutch Diplomat to Head Assembly Faces China Seat Clash
United Nations in New York braces for a possible delay as Russia India and other Asian nations plan a fight to seat Peiping at the General Assembly. US Secretary of State Dulles leads the campaign to bar the Chinese Reds with Britain backing shelving the issue until year’s end. Lodge Jr. cites 39 attacks by Chinese Communists on allied ships and planes.
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United Nations, N. Y
China
Organization of the Ninth United Nations General Assembly
Russia
India
Peiping
Dulles
United States
Britain
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Panama
Denmark
Netherlands diplomat van Kleffens chosen for U N General Assembly head
A Dutch diplomat with decades in international affairs was chosen as president of the ninth U N General Assembly after Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand withdrew. Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens, born in Heesendorp Friesland and long serving as foreign minister and Netherlands ambassador, will lead the assembly during its session starting mid November.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Prince van
van Kleffens
Laws
Heesenveen
Friesland
Holland
University of Leyden
League of Nations Secretariat
Geneva
London
Royal Netherlands Petroleum Coa
Foreign Affairs
Dawes and Young
Hague
van Rieffens
Brighton
England
Britain
Netherlands
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
Washington
van Kileffens
The
Margaret Horstman
Catherine van Cott
Salt Lake City
Rotterdam
Allies Study France's Plan On German Issue
London reports say France's Mendes France proposed a West German rearmament plan as a base for nine power talks in London. The plan envisions a tighter European security framework under Brussels pact members, with arms limits and controlled production.
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France
London
West Germany
Pierre Mendes-France
European Consultative Assembly
Strasbourg
Washington
State Department
United States
Britain
Winston Churchill
Mendes-France
Independent Times
Daily Telegraph
Europe
The
Times
European Defense Community
EDC
Anthony Eden
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Brussels
Eden
NATO
Germany
Streamliner Slayer Truck Collision Kills Mattoon Driver
A New York Central streamliner struck a gravel truck at a crossing near Mattoon, killing Cary Bryant, 24, and injuring 28 others. The South Western Limited derailed its diesel units, with nine cars leaving the tracks but most injuries minor due to resisted splintering. Only three people remained hospitalized.
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Mattoon
New York Central Streamliner
NYC
Southwestern Limited
New York
Cary Bryant
Aid to South Korea Hiked
President Eisenhower approved a 100 million dollar increase in military and economic aid to South Korea under a new training program for native jet pilots. Harold E Stassen announced the action after conferring with the President at the White House. He also said about 10 million tons of American mined coal would be used in the foreign aid program.
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Denver
Eisenhower
South Korea
White House
Harold E Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Stassen
Probe Report Due Monday on McCarthy Censure Charges
Senators investigating censure charges against Sen. McCarthy hope to deliver their verdict Monday. The six member committee's report to the Senate remains tightly guarded and confidential. PMID
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Sheppard murder trial set for October 18
Dr Samuel H Sheppard faces a first degree murder trial on October 18 for the bludgeoning of his pregnant wife Marilyn and unborn child. Bail was denied after Judge Edward Blythin found no errors in the grand jury indictment. Attorney William Corrigan warned of a habeas corpus filing, saying custody is unlawful.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sirat
Edward Blythin
Sheppard
William Corrigan
Court of Appeals
Corrigan
Marilyn
Walter Winchell
Stoning Brings Picketing Pact in Columbus
In Columbus the Westinghouse dispute with Local 746 IVE-CIO over a seniority clause led to a six day strike. A peaceful picketing pact was signed after a car was stoned crossing a line at the new 45 million dollar plant, with union and company officials present at Judge William C. Bryant's home.
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Columbus
Ohio
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ive-Cio
E. L. Smith
Ellis Hockenberry
International Union
Common Pleas
William C. Bryant
Third Division Coming Home
The rugged Rock of the Marne unit, U S Third Division, will return to the United States in October after serving in Korea. It landed on November 10, 1950 and fought on all Korean fronts. The division will be reduced to about 1,000 eligible for rotation home, with the rest absorbed elsewhere in the Far East.
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Seoul
United States
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
U.S
Far East
Minor Leaguers Plan Suit Against Major Leagues
Albany N Y. Knickerbocker News reports independent minor league club owners will sue baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and the 16 major league clubs for 50 million dollars. They claim invasion of minor league territory by major league telecasts and radio broadcasts has drained patronage and could force some clubs or leagues to fold. The filing reportedly may be announced during the World Series and funds are being raised. No clubs are named.
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Albany
N.Y
Ford Frick
Knickerbocker News
AFL Criticism of Eisenhower at AFL Convention Continues
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged workers to support the administration but AFL leaders kept silent on backing. Meany warned the convention would judge the administration in its resolutions while Durkin disputed Mitchell's claim of AFL unfairness to the GOP.
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Los Angeles
Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Eisenhower
AFL
Labor
GOP
America
George Meaney
Meany
Martin Durkin
AFL Plumbers
Durkin
Indians Named Favorites as World Series Odds Rise
Cleveland's Indians were tabbed 7-5 betting favorites over the New York Giants in the World Series. Bettors warned the odds could shift depending on how the teams perform the remainder of the regular season.
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Cleveland
Indians
New York Giants
Two Thousand Reds Said Killed Near Amoy
A Chinese merchant from Amoy told reporters in Hong Kong that Nationalist attacks on Amoy have killed about 2,000 Red Chinese soldiers. He crossed the border into the colony and based his figure on casualties at the front by the street where his shop stands. He estimated at least 1,000 junks and motorboats sunk or damaged and half the Amoy defense works hit.
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Hong Kong
Amoy
Wa Front
Radioactive Rain Reported in Northern Japan
Asahi reports radioactive rain fell Saturday in northern Japan from recent Russian A-bomb tests. Officials said contamination is far below danger levels and Russia announced completion of a new test series last week.
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Tokyo
Japan
Asahi
Russia
Fire damages Athens drug store and downtown block
A flash fire of undetermined origin struck a business block in downtown Athens early today. Damage was estimated at 50 000 and extensive at a Gallaher drug store. Fire Chief Charles ay said the flames were under control in 30 minutes and the rear of the store was heavily damaged by smoke and water.
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Athens
Ohio
Gallaher
Charles Ay
Wilson to Speak at Knights Dinner in Cleveland
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson will address the Knights of Columbus annual dinner in Cleveland. The event is set for October 9, as announced.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Knights For Columbus
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U. S
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Seeneee
Hbenbanadees
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Wilson
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